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Dwell B​/​W Black Balloons

by Tele & the Ghost of Our Lord

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    At long last TGOOL has partnered with Godless America Records for this ghoulish and powerful 10-minute cassette. As an official International Cassette Store Day release, this limited run includes a bonus track entitled "I'm New Here" which features string and whistle accompaniment by Sean Moore (Viernes, Pardon My Carbon). Comes with beautiful full color 4-panel fold-out with lyrics, liner notes and additional artwork and an aquamarine jewel case.

    Pro-dubbed high-fidelity cassette duplicated with the utmost care to preserve the final mastering perfection of Alex Wharton (The Pixies, Animal Collective, Scott Walker) at Abbey Road Studios.

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    Incredible lathe cut vinyl limited to 50 copies, hand-pressed at Rabbit Foot Records. Own this ghoulish classic on the medium it was meant to be heard! Produced, recorded and mixed by Tele and The Ghost of Our Lord at The Borelandome Stratosphere and mastered at Abbey Road by Alex Wharton (The Pixies, Animal Collective, Scott Walker.) Depression never sounded so good!

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Dwell 04:56
I dwell in peculiar places wishing wells to deface the faceless I can tell you the human race is doing well when you smash your skull in Left no choice no we must embrace this Change abounds in a life that's changeless Lower me down where I can remain nameless I sift the rocks and sand alone inside the darkest dens And there's no easy way to look at one's self in the mirror everyday I'm either runnin' all the time or either fallin' all the time or either diggin' all the time or either drownin' all the time I'm only stationed in my mind and the more I dwell upon the place the less I leave behind I smell like shit We must've busted open a main vein somewhere down there You're part of it now There's no way we could go on without you this far in Are you in or you out? Just tell me There's no need to shout I know it's difficult now, just hold on We're getting to light Anyway you'd mind it if I dug up all the vegetables I met a man last night who seemed to think he was invincible He told me of his wish to bring her soil from the ocean floor He swam up from the bottom and pickaxed right through the cellar door He'd build a house from Heaven so his wife would have a home And all the creatures that he met along his way would roam To build upon their futures so he could be left alone To like where he dwelled And if you see me on the street Don't forget to turn the other cheek away Do you like where you dwell? And when you see me running scared Just remember there's something shared between us two Do you like where you dwell? I fell on pitchforks and torches Tortured tongues that left me voiceless Left no choice now I must embrace this Change abounds on changeless faces Lower me down where I can remain nameless I chose the rocks and sand alone above my closest friends And there's no easy way to wake up and realize that you're still here everyday I'm either runnin' all the time or either fallin' all the time or either diggin' all the time or either drownin' all the time I'm only stationed in my mind and the more I dwell upon the place the less I leave behind (Dwell)
2.
The day my father died, I played a show My sister told me after my previous project had gotten off stage She told me in a crying whisper while hugging me tightly "Dad died" she said and I wept into her arms It was all she said and we wept together on the dance floor Later in the greenroom she told me that he'd passed after a prayer The few people he had left in his life were surrounding him They all prayed that he go peacefully and off he went So off I went like a baby into a dream I saw the black balloons waft around the greenroom as my sister and I parted ways Black balloons are taking us there My grandfather died four years later I went to rehearsal that night to try to dance out some demons and pay my respects My grief sang from my Gretsch and my whammy bar made me sob The band was there as I wailed upon the hardwood floor You see, we had just pulled the plug two days prior as per his wishes His whiskey habit had gotten the best of him and old age and sorrow, of course My aunts, my wife, Christina, my mother, her husband, Steve, my sister, my brother, his children and Ma Uncle Johnny and Kari and Tim gathered around the geurney as we wept upon the 7th floor And we sang songs together to soothe the passing of life I took a phonecall - it was business - The Young Psychedelics It was Mike, owns a studio up in Sanford - nice guy I've been thinkin' about buying property up there Preferably something turn of the century with enough space to build my own studio one day - And a big backyard for your son, Jude Black balloons are taking us there

about

Crafted during a time of great change and tumultuous undertaking, The Ghost of Our Lord returns after 10 years in the Underworld to tell the tale of Tele. A supposed inner-voice and catatonic state of creation, The Ghost appears to Tele, the nom-de-plume of audio-visual freak-pop producer, Matt Kamm, to illustrate the effects of isolation in a globally-connected society, feeling helpless in affecting change in a world gone mad and experiencing both new life and death as a human entity while attempting to maintain hope for humanity.

"I dwell in peculiar places, wishing wells to deface the faceless. I can tell you the human race is doing well when you smash your skull in. Left no choice now we must embrace this; Change abounds in a life that's changeless."

Recorded and mixed at Tele's studio, The Borelandome Stratosphere, with the help of a few close friends between October 2015 to June 2017, Kamm experienced many life-altering events from the birth of his son, Jude, and the passing of many family members. These two singles are the prelude to a much larger body of work set to be released in 2018.

credits

released October 13, 2017

All songs written, performed, arranged and recorded by Tele & The Ghost of Our Lord in the Borelandome Stratosphere except where noted:

Matt Kamm - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keys
Angie Kamm - Vocals (on "Black Balloons")
Kyle Harms - Drums
Sean Moore - Violins
Mike Ortiz - Trombone (on "Dwell")
Jim Ivy - Sax (on "Dwell")

Engineers:
Matt Kamm - Tracking and Lead Mix Engineer
Kyle Harms - Drum-tracking (All songs) and Second Mix Engineer (on "Dwell")
Jay Yerkes - Vocal-tracking Engineer

Drums tracked at Kyle Harm's private studio. Vocals tracked between Tele's front porch and Jay Yerkes' private studio.

Mastering by Alex Wharton at Abbey Road Studios

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